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NTD Good Morning is brought to you by Native Path, your top trusted supplement brand on the path to healthy living. For 66% off plus free shipping, visit GetNativePath.com slash NTD. ...top stories. A new poll shows former President Trump with a small lead over Vice President Harris. A look at tomorrow's presidential debate and a voter gets emotional when running into Harris in a Pittsburgh spice shop. Republicans release a blistering report condemning the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Democrats say not so fast. Former President Trump played a big role too. New revelations in the Georgia high school shooting. Relatives say the suspect's mother called the school to warn them just before it happened. A terrorist kills three people at the Jordan West Bank border. Authorities say a truck driver from Jordan used a handgun in the attacks as reports from Syrian state-run media say airstrikes killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 40 last night. The rapidly growing line fire east of LA has forced the evacuations of thousands. A potential tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane by midweek. Parts of Mexico and Texas are under storm watches. The latest on these developing situations. Every year in September nearly 100 hot-air balloons fill the skies over western Nevada. NTD takes you to the Great Reno balloon race for a look at this awe-inspiring spectacle. This is NTD Good Morning. Live from our global headquarters in New York City, here are Evelyn Lee and Kevin Hogan. Hi, welcome to NTD. Welcome. Today is Monday, September 9th. In today's top news, tomorrow night is debate night between former President Trump and Vice President Harris. Yeah, we don't know what the questions are gonna be. Only people at ABC know that. Yeah, and unusual thing, quite also comparing to last couple times, there is no theme. Yeah, that's right, and former President Trump says he's been preparing his whole life for this debate. It's a big night. NTD's Daniel Monahan has the latest on their campaigns as a new poll shows a tight race going into tomorrow's key showdown. A new poll by the New York Times and Siena College has former President Trump leading Vice President Harris 48 to 47 percent. That's within the polls three percentage point margin of error. Likely voters were polled on some key issues such as how much change they are looking for. 60 percent want a major change from President Biden. Only 25 percent of voters view Harris as that kind of change, while 53 percent view Trump as a major change. Voters were also asked whether they have enough information about the candidates. 28 percent of likely voters said they need to know more about Harris. In comparison, only 9 percent felt the same about Trump. The same survey revealed that 47 percent of likely voters viewed Harris as too liberal, despite her recent efforts to adopt a more moderate stance, while 32 percent felt that Trump was too conservative. The candidates are neck-in-neck in key battleground states. Real clear polling averages show Trump slightly up in Arizona and North Carolina, while Harris has small leads in Nevada, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and a 0.1 percent lead in Georgia. The pair are tied in Pennsylvania. That's where Trump and Harris will meet tomorrow night in their only scheduled debate. Pennsylvania could be critical to both their chances of winning the presidency. The most populous presidential swing state has sided with the winner of the past two elections, each time by just tens of thousands of votes. The stakes may be especially high for Harris. No Democrat has won the White House without Pennsylvania since 1948. While taking a stroll in Pittsburgh on Sunday with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Harris gave a thumbs-up and said she was ready for the showdown with Trump. The vice president was also in Pittsburgh on Saturday, stopping at a spice shop. A customer was overcome with emotion upon seeing the Democratic nominee. It's going to be good. We're going to be good. We're going to be fine. We're going to be fine. We are all in this together. Yes, we are. We're going to be fine. Yes, we are. Yes, we are. Yes, we are. Thank you so much. Did you get some spices? Trump, meanwhile, was in North Carolina on Friday. He accepted the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. The former president painted a grim picture of lawlessness in U.S. cities. The law-abiding citizen is forced to live in fear and danger and in filth. Mothers can't take their kids to the park. Graffiti is everywhere. The innocent are victimized in random attacks. Trump pledged unyielding support for police, including expanded use of force. Tomorrow night's debate will be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. It will be the first face-to-face encounter between Harris and Trump. It will take place at 9 p.m. Eastern time and is scheduled to last 90 minutes. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. New details have emerged on the deadly school shooting at a Georgia high school. According to the teenage suspect's relatives, his mother called the school that morning to warn them something was wrong. Last week, four people were killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Winder, Georgia. The suspect, 14-year-old Colt Gray, apparently sent a text to his mother sometime before the shooting began. The teenager's grandfather told The Washington Post that Colt's mother, Marcy Gray, received a text from her son reading, I'm sorry, Mom. Colt's aunt, Annie Brown, said this was enough for Marcy to call the school and warn them about a, quote, extreme emergency involving her son. According to Brown, her sister, Marcy, said she spoke with a school counselor and warned them something was wrong. Brown earlier told The Post that her nephew spent months begging for mental health help. Marcy later confirmed to the Associated Press she made a 10-minute phone call but didn't say what prompted her to make the call. The Washington Post reported the phone call was placed about 30 minutes before the shooting began. 14-year-old Colt was later charged with killing two teachers and two students. Nine others were injured. Colt's father, Colin Gray, is also facing felony charges. It is unclear when classes will resume at Appalachee High School. On Sunday, the principal sent a letter to parents and students. She said school leaders are trying to determine the next steps for students and staff. Students will be allowed to retrieve their belongings on Monday afternoon. But the grief is still near, and the school is still trying to figure out the best way forward. And Israeli authorities say three people were killed by a terrorist at a West Bank-Jordan border crossing yesterday. Officials say the terrorists used a handgun and was killed in a shootout. Israel's military says the terrorist was a Jordanian truck driver. Israeli emergency services said the three men killed were civilians who worked at the crossing. The crossing has been closed. Jordan has opened an investigation. Israel's prime minister reacted at his weekly government meeting. He said Israel is surrounded by what he called Iran's axis of evil. Meanwhile, Syrian state media says airstrikes last night killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 40 others. It blamed Israel for the attack. Israel's military says it doesn't comment on reports in foreign media. The Syrian state-run media says the strikes targeted military structures and damaged a highway. It said firefighters were working to put out a fire. And now a look at the latest from Venezuela's contested presidential election. Spain's foreign minister says opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez arrived in Spain yesterday to seek asylum. This was hours after leaving his country amid the political and diplomatic crisis over July's disputed election. Here's that story. Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez fled to Spain on Sunday as he seeks asylum from Nicolas Maduro's government amid the ongoing crisis over July's disputed election. Gonzalez, who has challenged Maduro's declaration of victory, arrived at the Torrejon de Ordos military base with his wife, Spain's foreign ministry said in a statement. The exit of the 75-year-old, seen by the U.S., E.U. and other major powers as the winner of the election, came a week after Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for him, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in a statement said it was, quote, a sad day for democracy in Venezuela, adding that no political leader should be forced to seek asylum in another country. Venezuela's opposition say the July 28 election resulted in a resounding victory for Gonzalez and published vote tallies online that they say show he won. Maduro has dismissed all such assertions and says there was a right wing plot to sabotage his government. Gonzalez's move to Spain marked another jolting shift in the fortunes of the former diplomat who came out of retirement and took over the candidacy in March, initially as a placeholder after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and then another replacement could not stand. Machado confirmed on X that Gonzalez was now in Spain, adding he had fled to protect, quote, his freedom, his integrity and his life. She said he would continue to fight for the opposition from Spain and vowed that on January 10th of 2025, Gonzalez would be sworn in as Venezuela's president. Turning now to France, where tens of thousands of protested over the weekend in response to President Macron's appointment of a new prime minister. Many accused Macron of ignoring election results and sidelining the left wing coalition. Entity's international correspondent David Vives has the story. When the French president decided to organize a snap elections in June to give the French people a chance to influence domestic agenda, he refused to allow the left wing coalition in Parliament to choose a new prime minister when they won the election. That's why people took to the street today. According to the Ministry of Interior, 110,000 people demonstrated in France on Saturday. The protesters in Paris expressed frustration over Macron's choice of the 73-year-old Barnier, a former EU Brexit negotiator, instead of selecting a candidate from the left-leaning New Popular Front alliance, which led in the July elections. Macron ruled out the option of a leftist government in the name of what he called I have the impression that we're not being listened to, and so I made this sign which says I'm selling my voter ID card because it's of no use to me, since when I cast a vote, it wasn't listened to. We feel betrayed. We were betrayed by Mr Macron. This was useless for us in the end because, I mean, the leftist party came out on top at the elections. The left-wing group has launched a procedure for the impeachment of Emmanuel Macron, though it has little chance of succeeding. A recent poll by Ifop showed that 52% of French citizens are satisfied with Macron's choice, but 74% of them believe he will face a no-confidence vote in the Assembly. David Vives, NTD News, Paris. Ukraine and Russia launched deadly air attacks on their border regions overnight. Ukraine's military says at least two people were killed and four others injured. That was in the country's northeastern Sumy region. Ukraine's air force says it shot down a missile and more than a dozen attack drones. Russian state media is reporting an attack in Belgorod wounded three people. That includes two children in serious condition with head injuries. Meanwhile, two NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace last night. One drone reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on Ukraine. Another crashed in eastern Latvia early yesterday. Romania's defense ministry says it launched F-16 fighter jets to monitor its airspace. It also says investigations into a potential impact zone are underway. Latvia's defense minister says the drone likely came from neighboring Belarus. And coming up, a fire east of Los Angeles forces more than 6,000 people to evacuate over the weekend. The fast- fire threatens more than 35,000 buildings, the latest on California's line fire. And protesters rally in Philadelphia against a proposed 76ers arena near the city's Chinatown. City reports say a new NBA arena brings potential benefits, but some in the community disagree. Entity was there to hear their concerns, so stay with us. There's cultures that have been lost, but this culture hasn't been. The artist is showing us our sense of who we are, where we came from. You look at his hat. His hat is knitted probably by a man because a man traditionally knitted the That hat tells you the story of who this person is, what his place in the culture is, the animals around him. Everything's all contained in the messages in the hat and the tool that he's carrying over his shoulder. This is a centuries-old tool that has been able to rework the mountains. 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Now look at a potential tropical storm developing in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center is calling it Potential Tropical Cyclone 6. That's a label for a storm that has not yet formed, but is expected to develop soon. Tropical storm watches have been issued for parts of Mexico. The system is forecast to upgrade to a tropical storm today as it heads north along the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It's likely to build power starting Tuesday, then it's expected to become a hurricane before it hits the northwestern Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The system was about 300 miles south of Brownsville, Texas yesterday, with winds of 50 miles per hour. Forecasters expect the disturbance to move just offshore of the northern Gulf Coast through Tuesday, then it will approach the upper Texas and Louisiana coastline on Wednesday. Mexico's government issued a tropical storm watch from Barra del Toro northward to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The National Weather Service added a tropical storm watch from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Port Mansfield, Texas, about 60 miles up the coast. Tropical downpours are expected to bring four to eight inches of rain, with up to 12 inches possible from the Texas coast into Louisiana through Thursday. The rainfall could lead to flash flooding. A man is in custody after police said he crashed his truck into an elk sludge in Arizona. Authorities say at least 30 people were injured. This happened on Saturday in Apache Junction, about 35 miles east of Phoenix. Police have identified the truck driver as 73-year-old Thomas Edward Kane. They say he was at the elk sludge, got in his truck to leave, and then crashed into the building. Investigators say early reports indicate Kane was driving drunk at the time of the crash. Of the 30 people injured, officials say one is in critical condition but stable. A man who shot at multiple cars on this interstate this weekend evaded capture for a second night. Police in Kentucky are on the hunt for 32-year-old Joseph Couch. Officials say Couch is armed and dangerous. They're urging people in the area south of Lexington to stay inside and remain vigilant. Five victims who were hit by gunfire Saturday are in stable condition. All are expected to recover. We're still waiting to find out what the motive is. Kentucky's Governor Andy Beshear urged the public to avoid the area and pray for everyone involved. More than a thousand protesters rallied in Philadelphia over the weekend against a proposed NBA arena near the city's Chinatown. Community leaders and politicians gathered outside City Hall to voice concerns about the potential negative impacts on neighborhoods. The Philadelphia 76ers first proposed the new arena in 2022. The 1.3 billion dollar project is set for 2031. That's to replace the Wells Fargo Center as the Sixers' new home. The city commissioned four reports on the proposition. The reports outline both potential benefits and negative impacts. A coalition leader representing nearly 40 Chinatown groups says Chinatown will lose its identity if the arena is built. Entity went to Saturday's rally to hear the community's concerns. Pennsylvania State Representative Rick Krajewski hyped up the crowd Saturday at the City Save Chinatown coalition event. He says he's already seen other communities in West Philadelphia displaced and warns Chinatown is facing the same threat. Wealthy developers see our neighborhoods as dollar signs, not communities of people with deep historic and cultural roots. Krajewski says Philadelphia's Black and Asian communities will not be pitted against each other while billionaires profit. It's time to show the Sixers that when you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. State Representative Chris Robb emphasized the importance of unity among neighbors. Are you with us? City Councilman Nicholas O'Rourke also expressed his solidarity with the Chinatown community. This is the sound of the people united who will never be defeated. O'Rourke says as an elected official, he's proud to stand with the community 10 toes down to say no arena in Chinatown. To protect what we understand as home. Four reports outlining both potential benefits and negative impacts of the arena say it could generate close to $2 billion over 30 years, create hundreds of jobs, and add $390 million in new tax revenue. The reports say it could also attract businesses and increase foot traffic with a plan to limit traffic congestion. The project also pledged to offer $50 million in community benefits to support affordable housing and local businesses. Musician Ximena Violente says she isn't buying it. Get rid of so many others and I think it's like ultimately it's about what do we care about? Preserving our cultural heritages and supporting our community. Eileen Ryan is a history professor at Temple University. She says it's crucial Philadelphia preserve Chinatown for its rich cultural history. Please protect Philadelphia, protect Chinatown, keep the fabric of Center City strong. Delaware Governor John Carney and a New Jersey developer have both proposed the Sixers build their new arena in their respective states. The developer says he has the support of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and that they're ready to work with lawmakers to offer the 76ers $500 million in state bonds to help finance construction. The 76ers in response stated it's running out of time to reach a deal and is taking all options seriously. Philadelphia's mayor last week said one of her priorities is keeping Philadelphia's sports teams in the city. She says the city will allow the process to play out. Jeremy Sandberg, NTD News. Tens of thousands of homes in California are under threat from the so-called line fire. Mandatory evacuations are growing as the fire burns in the foothills east of Los Angeles. Here's that story. The line fire in Southern California has quickly exploded in size since its outbreak last Thursday. It has now burned over 20,000 acres doubling in size overnight Saturday. More than 6,000 people in several towns in the San Bernardino Mountains were forced to evacuate. I live in one of the evacuation areas in Arrow Bear Lake which is just east of Running Springs. This is the first time I've ever evacuated so it's been all new experience for me which is a good and bad thing. I mean first red cross scrambles to put these things together real fast where to help some food. CAL FIRE said three firefighters were injured and more than 35,000 structures are threatened including homes and commercial buildings. The unpredictable nature of the line fire presents difficulties for firefighters. So the biggest challenge when the fire is unpredictable like this is knowing where to position all your crews. So right now we've positioned them all over the whole fire most importantly within the neighborhoods around homes. We've yet to lose or damage any structures and we want to keep it that way. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday. Over 600 firefighters are battling the fire. Triple digit heat and smoke from the fire created formations similar to thunderstorm clouds. The National Weather Service reported thousands of lightning strikes inside the clouds. Those displaced by the fire hope their home stays safe and that they can return soon. I want to get back home. You know the triple digit weather up here or down here is nasty. You know I live up on the mountain at 6,000 feet in fairly cool weather. The fire currently has zero percent containment. It's still uncertain when the line fire will be extinguished or when the thousands of evacuees can go home. Coming up the presidential debate is tomorrow. How are Harris and Trump preparing for the big night and what is at stake with the election just under two months away? Our politics contributor with some insight when we come back. They would literally be auctioned in front of soldiers and then their foes begin to pay. Imagine being a child you know having a child mentality and these evil people come and wheel you away from the only safety you've ever known. The seventh NTD international piano competition will take place at the Kauffman Music Center in New York City. Pianists from around the world will come together to revive the great piano masterpieces. Join us on this uplifting journey. The semifinals finals and the winner's concert will be open to audiences and live stream from October 17th to the 19th. Get tickets now at 212-501-3330. Fostering a pet for a friend or neighbor can keep families together. Learn more at petsandpeopletogether.org. Thanks for staying with us. If you're just now joining us here are some of today's top headlines. Thousands were forced to evacuate to escape the fast-moving California line fire east of Los Angeles. More than 35,000 buildings are under threat. The fire has now burned over 20,000 acres. It is zero percent contained. Three firefighters were injured in the triple digit heat. Meanwhile Mexico and Texas have issued storm watches. Officials say a tropical storm could turn into a hurricane by Wednesday. A new detail in the Georgia school shooting that killed four people. Relatives of the suspect say his mother made a call to the school after noticing warning signs. His aunt says 14-year-old Colt Gray sent his mother a cryptic text message before the shooting. Colt and his father Colin Gray are both in police custody. The school remains closed and school officials are looking for a path forward. Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez fled to Spain yesterday. He's seeking asylum from Nicolas Maduro's government. This a week after Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes. His party said they would continue to fight for the opposition from Spain and vowed Gonzalez would still be sworn in as Venezuela's president. A New York Times Siena College poll shows former President Trump slightly ahead of Vice President Harris 48 to 47 percent. Voters in the survey say they want major change with 60 percent dissatisfied with the current administration. Meanwhile only 25 percent of voters view Harris as that kind of change. Recent real clear polling averages show a tight race in battleground states. House Republicans yesterday issued a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Entities Daniel Monaghan presents the findings which lay out the final months that led up to the Taliban conquering the country. 13 Americans died in a suicide attack at the abbey gate entrance to Kabul's airport on U.S. forces were trying to help Americans and Afghans flee as the Taliban terror group took control of the country. The chaotic exit left behind many American citizens, Afghan battlefield allies, women activists and others at risk from the Taliban. Representative Michael McCaul led the investigation as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The congressman says it took two years to get to the point of releasing the report due to what he called the obstruction speaking on CBS's Face the Nation. And I've had to serve subpoena after subpoena, moved to compel, threatened to you know hold the secretary in contempt to get information like after action reports, all these documents, testimonies that we finally got to. McCaul says